The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham

able. His head was throbbing, and he feared he wouldn’t be able to complete his usual three miles. “About halfway through, I dec ...

continue. The U.S. Supreme Court then issued a ruling that for- bid “evasive schemes for segregation.” The schools were forced t ...

■ ■ ■ Sowing seeds effectively also means doing so in multiple and var- ied contexts. Senator Mark Hatfield pointed out to us ho ...

“To me that was one of his great demonstrations of leader- ship,” Mark said. “He could give the message in London, through inter ...

He then added, “Also, Billy’s reaching out to all cultures, all languages, all kinds of humanity to show his compassion, his des ...

right choices so you can be at your best.’ While they were talking, the Holy Spirit was saying, ‘They’re right, Bill. They’re ri ...

Don’t Step on a Green Shoot Sometimes a negative example goads us best. Years ago we invited a pastor to fly to Chicago and spen ...

each of our boots may seem large, indeed, to many of those we lead. Just as Truman was sensitive to the boy, so Billy Graham has ...

Touch Others—With Awe at Your Powers When we have good seed to sow, its germination is an awesome thing. Jesus spoke of the tiny ...

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Pa rt Six Deepening in Every Decade It is the child-spirit that finds life’s golden gates, and that finds them all ajar. JOHN HE ...

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CHAPTER 18 Learning — and Leveraging Weaknesses In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselve ...

He had not only innate intuitions but understood that others had insights to share. He knew how much he needed those insights, a ...

■ ■ ■ All this listening and learning on Billy’s part, which continued throughout his lifetime of ministry, started very early. ...

tobacco and stuff like that. Most black people loved him, but that little man got beat up on many times, got his store robbed ti ...

Whitefield and the marks of true revival, praying together for another Great Awakening. Yet Billy was also ready to learn from i ...

We see here—in the humor and ease yet also the strong posi- tions—that the breadth of influence from many streams of Chris- tend ...

Although in the Templeton experience he drove belief stakes into the ground that would anchor his ministry, issues of strat- egy ...

Sterling leaned forward. “I always began the process of explor- ing crusade cities by asking, ‘Billy, what are some cities on yo ...